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PROFORMA - 2 UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA Re : Updating University Website ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT FACULTY ACADEMIC PROFILE/ CV 1. Full name of the faculty member: Sarmila Banerjee 2. Designation: Professor of Economics 3. Specialisation : Quantitative Development Economics, Environmental Economics & Econometrics 4. Passport size photograph : 5. Contact information : Office- Department of Economics/ University of Calcutta/ 56A, B.T. Road/ Kolkata- 700050/ Telephone: (033) 25575082, (033) 25284066. Fax: (033)25465949; Residence: P 31, C. I. T. Road, Scheme VI M (S), Kolkata 700054. Tel No. 23648833; E-mail: sarmila_b@yahoo.co.in, sbeco@caluniv.ac.in 6. Academic qualifications: Please mention here the degrees (graduation onward): College/ university from which the Abbreviation of the degree degree was obtained Bethune College/ Calcutta University BA (1976) Calcutta University MA (1978) University of Florida, Gainesville, PhD (1989) USA 1

University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Post-Doc (2001-02) 7. Positions held/ holding: A. ACADEMIC POSITIONS: - Lecturer of Economics, University of Calcutta (1979-1989); - Reader of Economics, University of Calcutta (1989-1997); - Professor of Economics, University of Calcutta, (since 1998); - Rajiv Gandhi Chair Professor of Eco-systems and Sustainable Development, University of Calcutta, (2010-12); - Visiting Faculty in the Center for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU (October- November, 1998) and the Center for International Trade and Development of JNU as Visiting Professor (Fall 2004). Taught courses on Environmental Economics; - Guest Faculty, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2016); - Guest Faculty, Presidency College, Kolkata (2002, 2003); - Taught Undergraduate course on Microeconomic Theory at University of Florida, Gainesville, during Fall, 1988; - Acted as Resource Person in World Bank aided Faculty Up-gradation Programs in Environmental Economics organized by ISI, Calcutta (November 1999), and Jadavpur University (December 2002); - Acted as Resource Person in World Bank aided Officers Training Program in Environmental Economics organized by ISI, Calcutta (1999), G.B. Panth Institute of Social Sciences, Allahabad (1999) and Jadavpur University (1999, 2000, 2002); - Participate as Resource Person at about 50 Refreshers Courses and 10 Orientation Programs organized by different universities of West Bengal under the aegis of Academic Staff Colleges; - Participate as a resource person in a number of research and writing workshops organized by the South Asian Network of Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE) over last five years. - Attended a World Bank aided Faculty up-gradation program in Environmental Economics at the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, during 1999; - Acted as resource Person in different Summer Schools and Faculty/ Officer Training programs conducted by the (a) Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, (b) Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, (c) Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai, (d) Reserve Bank Staff College, Chennai, (e) Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, (f) Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, (g) Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, (h) Jadavpur University, Kolkata, etc. Please cite briefly the areas of research interests Quantitative Development Economics Environmental & Ecological Economics Applied Econometrics 2

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS: 1. Acted as M.Phil. (Economics) Program-Coordinator of the University of Calcutta from April 1995 to March 2001; 2. Acted as Head, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta from July 2000 to September 2001; 3. Acting as the Convener of Ph.D. Committee in Economics of the University of Calcutta from June 2006 to January 2016; 4. Acted as Coordinator of Departmental UGC-SAP (DRS-I/ DSA-I) on Economics of Globalization and Sustainable Development from April 2007 to January 2016; 5. Professor in Charge of Computer Laboratory and Coordinator of all computer application based courses in the Department: 2006-09; 6. Member of the Teacher-Student Committee in The Department of Economics, CU for last twenty years; 7. Serving in the Selection Committees of different Universities like Jadavpur University, Rabindra Bharati University, Kalyani University, Vidyasagar University, Visva Bharati, Benaras Hindu University, Institutes (ISI, Kolkata, IIM Calcutta, IIM Bangalore, IIM Indore, CSSSC, IDSK, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, etc.), College Service Commission and Undergraduate colleges affiliated to the University of Calcutta as Subject Expert; 8. Served/ serving as Internal Member in UG-Board of studies, PG-Board of Studies, M.Phil. Committee, Ph.D. Committee and Faculty Council for Arts of the University of Calcutta; 9. Member of Governing Body of Presidency College, Kolkata: 2007-11; 10. Member of Governing Council of the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK) 2009-13. 11. Member of the UGC-SAP Review Committee: 2009-12; 12. Actively participated in curriculum development at UG, PG, M.Phil. & Ph.D. level for Calcutta University, Rabindra Bharati University, Kalyani University, Central University of Bihar, Presidency University, St. Xaviers College, Tripura University, etc. as External Member of Board of Studies. 13. Member, Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of Indian Statistical Institute since 2012; 8. Research guidance: Number of researchers awarded M.Phil/ Ph.D degrees : 23 (MPhil) + 18 (PhD) Number of researchers pursuing M.Phil/ Ph.D : 3 (PhD) List of students awarded Ph.D.: Sl. Year Candidate No. Submitted Awarded Area 1. Ms. Saswati Sarkar 1999 1999 Telecommunication Industry (Ghosh) 2. Mr. Ranajoy 1999 2000 Trade and Development 3

Bhattacharya 3. Ms. Suparna 2000 2001 Capital Market Gangopadhyay 4. Ms. Pampa Sengupta 2003 2004 Gender and Labour 5. Ms. Mousumi Dutta 2005 2006 Economics of Built-heritage 6. Ms. Jaya Mukherjee 2006 2007 Social Sector Development 7. Mr. Prasenjit Sarkhel 2008 2009 Solid Waste Management 8. Ms. Saswati Das 2009 2010 Child Labour 9. Ms. Saswati Sanyal (Chakrabarti) 2009 2010 Export Performance of Leather Industry 10. Ms. Sudeshna 2010 2010 Gems & Jewelry Industry Chattopadhyay 11. Mr. Subrata Majumder 2011 2012 Chemical Industry 12. Ms. Sabitri Dutta 2012 2013 Indoor Air Pollution 13. Ms. Subhra Bagchi (Majumdar) 2013 2013 Pollution Management in Leather Industry 14. Mr. Kausik Lahiri 2013 2014 Trade in Health Services 15. Ms. Jayita Bit 2014 2015 Sustainable Forest Management 16. Mr. Montu Bose (Joint 2014 2015 Access to Healthcare supervision) 17. Ms. Sarmishtha Sen 2015 2016 Unorganized Textile & Garment Enterprises in India 18. Ms. Debanjana Dey 2015 --- Eco-system Management & East Kolkata Wetland List of Students currently pursuing Ph.D.: - Ms. Sukanya Sarkhel (Basu), Women Work-participation Pattern, on-going; - Ms. Somdutta Banerjee, Mechanism Design in Solid Waste Management, on-going; - Mr. Bhaskar Chatterjee, Public-private-partnership in Infrastructure Development; 10. Projects : Completed projects: 8 Undertook a Project on the Survey of Literature related to Vehicular Pollution in Developing Countries, jointly with Ranajoy Bhattacharyya under the sponsorship of the Centre for Environmental Management, Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta, during 2001; Completed two interdisciplinary projects sponsored by the UGC: (i) Education, Human Capital and Urban Employment in West Bengal: Emerging Trends and Future Prospects and (ii) Spatial Concentration of Pollution and Morbidity Impact In the City of Kolkata: Efficient Intervention Strategies (2008-13); Completed a project funded by the Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal on the Assessment of Damage Cost in the Old Tannery Complex of Kolkata: 2009; As Rajiv Gandhi Chair Professor is currently engaged in Capacity Building endeavor in eco-system management & sustainable development by undertaking 3 projects on the East 4

Kolkata Wetlands: (i) On the tendency to Switch Vocation, (ii) On the time-use Pattern and (iii) On the Impact of Urban Development in the Neighboring Areas; Undertook a UGC-DRS funded project on the Willingness to Pay for Household Solid Waste Management in Bally Municipality, Howrah; Current project: NIL 11. Select list of publications: a) Journals: A. Articles in National (refereed) Journals: 1. On Construction of District Development Index in West Bengal with Samik Roy, in Economic and Political Weekly (1998), Vol.s 47 & 48. 2. Social Sector Development in West Bengal: An Assessment in Artha Beekshana, Vol. 11, No.3, (December,2002). 3. Does Economic Development Cause Intra-industry Trade? The Case of India: 1971 to 2001, Arthaniti, 3, 2004, with Ranajoy Bhattacharyya. 4. Economics of Heritage Conservation: some CVM studies on Kolkata, in Indian Economic Review,(2005), Vol. 40, No. 2. with Mousumi Dutta & Zakir Husain; 5. Sibram Bhattacharyya Memorial Lecture on Some Observations on the Control of Vehicular and Indoor Air Pollution in Kolkata (2007) in Geographical Review of India; 6. Health versus Education: A Strategic Sequencing in Social Sector Development, (2009) Contemporary Issues and Ideas in Social Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 1 with Jaya Mukherjee; 7. India s Leather in the World Market: Exploration of Recent Trends, with Saswati Sanyal and Subrata Majumder (2010): Trade and Development Review, Vol.3, Issue 1; 8. Book Review: Economics of Benchmarking by Thijs Ten Raa, Palgrave Mcmillan in Trade and Development Review, Vol.2, Issue 1 (2010); 9. Calcutta Leather Complex and Tanning of Leather in Kolkata: A Blueprint with Subhra Bagchi (Majumdar) in Arthabeekshan (2012), Vol.21, No.1; 10. Productivity Performance of Indian Chemical Sector: Post-reform Perspective with Subrata Majumdar and Simanti Bandyopadhyay, Journal of Industrial Statistics, Vol.2, No.1, 2012; Central Statistical Organization; 11. Shifting of Pollution Loads to Informal Units in India: a Possible Escape Route for Compliance with WTO Standards with Sudeshna Chattopadhyay in Foreign Trade Review, 48(1), 2013, pp. 23-44, Sage; 12. India s Healthcare Sector under GATS: Inquiry into Backward and Forward Linkages with Kausik Lahiri in Foreign Trade Review, 48(3), 2013, pp. 285-358, Sage; 13. Change in Land-use Pattern of East Kolkata Wetlands: Concern and Consequences with Debanjana Dey in Urban India (2013), Vol. 33 (1), pp. 154-174; National Institute of Urban Affairs; 14. Livelihood Dependence, Traditional Knowledge Conservation and Sustainable Forest Management A Study on Birbhum Forest Division, West Bengal, with Jayita Bit in Arthaniti, Vol.12(1-2), 2013; 5

15. Consumption of Wood Products and Dependence on Imports: A Study on Post-reform India with Jayita Bit in Foreign Trade Review, 49(3), 2014, pp. 263-290, Sage; 16. Forest Conservation in India: An Inquiry into Economic Linkages and Long-run Sustainability with Jayita Bit in CBS Journal of Management Practices, Vol. 1(2), 2014, pp. 19-28; 17. Role of Legal Institutions in Managing Urban Ecosystem: A Case study of East Kolkata Wetlands with Debanjana Dey in CBS Journal of Management Practices (ISSN 2349-5073) Vol. 2(1), 2015, pp. 41-58; 18. Joint Forest Management in Birbhum Forest Division, West Bengal: An Assessment with Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis with Jayita Bit in Survey (ISSN: 0586-0008) (forthcoming); B. Articles in International peer-reviewed Journals: 19. Untapped Demand for Heritage: A CVM Study of Prinsep Ghat, Kolkata, in Tourism Management, (2007) Vol. 28, pp 83-95, with Mousumi Dutta and Zakir Husain; Elsavier; 20. Group Lending and Self-Help-Group: Joint Benefit as an Alternative Governance Mechanism with Sukanta Bhattacharyya & Sirshendu Mukherjee (2007): in The International Journal of Trade and Development, Vol. 17, Issue 1, Routledge; 21. Municipal Solid Waste Management, Source-separated Waste and Stakeholders Attitude- A Contingent Valuation Study, with Prasenjit Sarkhel (2010); Environment, Development & Sustainability, Vol. 12, No. 5, pp 611-630; Springer 22. Women Empowerment as Multidimentional Capability Enhancement: an Application of Structural Equation Modelling with Joysankar Bhattacharya, in Poverty & Public Policy (2012), 4(3), pp. 79-98; Taylor & Francis; 23. Ecosystem and Livelihood Support: the Story of East Kolkata Wetlands with Debanjana Dey in Environment and Urbanization Asia, Vol 4(2), 2013, pp. 325 338, Sage; 24. Group-participation and Women Empowerment: Matching as an Evaluation Estimator- A District Level study in West Bengal, India with Joysankar Bhattacharya in Poverty & Public Policy (2014), 6(3), pp. 79-98; Taylor & Francis; 25. Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution & Women Health: the Situation in Urban India with Sabitri Dutta in Environment and Urbanization Asia, Vol 5(1), 2014, pp. 131 146, Sage; 26. Cross-Cultural Differences in a Global ''Survey of World Views'' with Saucier et. al. in Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology (2014), DOI: 10.1177/0022022114551791, Sage; 27. Willingness to Pay Before and After Program Implementation: the Case of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Bally Municipality with Prasenjit Sarkhel and Somdutta Banerjee in Environment, Development & Sustainability, (2015), DOI 10.1007/s10688-015-9659-5; Springer; 28. Economic Growth versus Climate Balancing: Some Reflections on the Sustainable Management of Forest Resource in India with Jayita Bit in Decision, (2015), DOI 10.1007/s40622-015-0090-4; Springer; 6

29. Eco-system Complementarities and Urban Encroachment: A SWOT Analysis of the East Kolkata Wetlands, India with Debanjana Dey in Cities and The Environment, USA (ISSN: 1932-7048); b) Books/ book chapters : C. Books: 1. Air Pollution in Developing Countries and the Victim s Willingness to Pay for it: A Ready Reckoner, with Ranajoy Bhattacharyya, UGC Publication (2002). 2. Development and Sustainability: India in a Global Perspective, jointly edited with Anjan Chakrabarti, Springer (2013), ISBN: 978-81-322-1123-5; D. Chapters in Edited Volumes: 1. India s Health Sector: Regional Disparities in Provisioning, Utilization and Achievement, with Nupur Nag in Regional Dimensions of the Indian Economy, edited by Biswajit Chatterjee and Haren Sur, Allied Publishers, India (1998). 2. Pollution Control in Calcutta-Tanneries: Social Cost-Benefit Analysis, with Subikash Mukhopadhyay in Environmental Economics in India: Concepts and Problems, edited by Gautam Gupta and Joyashree Roy, Allied Publishers, (1999). 3. Economic Valuation of Environmental Benefits/ Costs, in Environmental Economics with Indian Perspective, edited by Rabindra Nath Bhattacharyya, Oxford University Press, India, (2001). 4. Vehicular Pollution in Calcutta: An assessment of Intensity, with Ramesh Chandra Das in Effects of Globalization in Industry and Environment, edited by Rajat Acharyya and Bhaswar Moitra, Lancer s Books, New Delhi, (2001). 5. Globalization and Pollution Trading: The Indian experience, with Sudeshna Chattopadhyay in Ratan Khasnobis edited Issues in Sustainable Development, published by the Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta, (2002). 6. Prospects of Market for Water Pollution in India: a Study Based on Selected Dirty Industries, in Tendulkar, Mitra, Narayanan & Das (eds.) India: Industrialization in a Reforming Economy, Academic Foundation, New Delhi (2006) with Simanti Bandyopadhyay. 7. Commercialization Vs. Preservation: A CV Study of South Park Street Cemetery in Sarker, D.N. (ed.) Second Generation Reforms: What is to be Done? (2008), Allied Publishers, pp 121-133, with Mousumi Dutta and Zakir Husain. 8. Construction and Engineering Industry in India in PPP Regime with a Special Focus on Airport Development (with Bhaskar Chatterjee) in Banerjee S. and A. Chakrabarti (eds.) Development & Sustainability: India in a Global Perspective, (2013), Springer; 9. Indian Gems and Jewelry Industry: an Enquiry into the Nature of Competitive Advantage (with Sudeshna Chattopadhyay) in Banerjee S. and A. Chakrabarti (eds.) Development & Sustainability: India in a Global Perspective, (2013), Springer; 7

10. On Assessment of Women Empowerment at Individual Level: an Analytical Exposition (with Joysankar Bhattacharya and Montu Bose) in Banerjee S. and A. Chakrabarti (eds.) Development & Sustainability: India in a Global Perspective, (2013), Springer; 11. Indoor Air Pollution and Incidence of Morbidity: a Study on Urban West Bengal (with Sabitri Dutta) in Banerjee S. and A. Chakrabarti (eds.) Development & Sustainability: India in a Global Perspective, (2013), Springer; 12. Efficient Pollution Management through CETP: the Case of Calcutta Leather Complex (with Subhra Bagchi) in Banerjee S. and A. Chakrabarti (eds.) Development & Sustainability: India in a Global Perspective, (2013), Springer; 13. Environment, Globalization, Trade and Sustainability in Das A. and P. Mishra (eds.) Environment, Natural Resources and the Indian Economy (2014); New Century Publications, New Delhi, India; ISBN: 978-81-7708-348-4 14. A few Quantitative exercises on Environmental Regulation in A. Dhar (ed.) Themes on Quantitative Economics, (2014) edited by Dhar Arpita,; Allied Publishers; ISBN: 978-81- 8424-911-8; 15. Sustainable Forest Use and India s Economic Growth: a Structural Decomposition Analysis of Direct Forest Intensity, with Jayita Bit in Handbook of Research on Climate Change Impact on Health and Environmental Sustainability, IGI Global, USA; ISBN: 978-1-4666-8814-8 16. How Costly is the Decay of East Kolkata Wetlands? An Estimation of Opportunity Cost for Kolkata with Debanjana Dey in Mukherjee, J. (ed.) Sustainable Urbanization in India: Challenges and Opportunities, Springer; (forthcoming) 17. Export Performance in Textile and Garments with China as a Competitor: an Analysis of India s Situation from the Perspective of Structure-Conduct-Performance Paradigm with Sudeshna Chattopadhyay & Kausik Lahiri in Malabika Roy and Saikat Sinha Roy (Eds): International Trade and International Finance, 978-81-322-2795-3, (2016); c) Conference/ seminar volumes (last 5 years): Ist International Conference of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (2009); 1st National Conference of Central Statistical Organization, GoI (2010); 3 rd International Conference of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (2011); 2 nd National Conference of Central Statistical Organization, GoI (2011); 3 rd National Conference of Central Statistical Organization, GoI (2012); d) Other publications : 1. Pollution Control Instruments in the Presence of an Informal Sector, with Sudeshna Chattopadhyay & Katrin Millock, Working Paper No. 201.103, Centre d Economie de la Sorbonne, University of Paris, France; 2. Women Empowerment as Multidimentional Capability Enhancement: an Application of Structural Equation Modelling with Joysankar Bhattacharya, IDSK Occasional Paper, No. 36, July 2012; 8

3. Group-participation and Women Empowerment: Matching as an Evaluation Estimator- A District Level study in West Bengal, India with Joysankar Bhattacharya, in Quaderni del Dipartimento Di Economia Politica E Statistica, University of Siena, Italy, 2013, # 675, pp. 1 26; 4. Wrote the Background paper on Atmospheric Pollution in West Bengal in context with the preparation of West Bengal Human Development Report, sponsored by UNDP (2003-04); 12. Membership of Learned Societies: Member of the Centre for Studies in Economic Appraisal (CSEA) since 2000; Life member of the Indian Society for Ecological Economics and the Geographical Society of India; 13. Patents : N/A 14. Invited lectures delivered (last 5 years): Lecture on a Story of East Kolkata Wetlands: Past & Present in South Howrah Citizens Forum (2011); Lectures on Data Exploration in IIMC, Kolkata in 2012; Lectures on Limited Dependent Variables and Qualitative Regressors in ASCI, Hyderabad in 2012; Lecture on Globalization and Environment in TERI, New Delhi in 2010; Lecture on Environmental Fiscal Federalism in TERI in 2011; Lecture on Environmental Valuation in NEHU, Shillong, organized by SANDEE in 2011; Lecture on Econometric Techniques Useful for Environmental Valuation at Jadavpur University (2012); Lectures on Environmental Valuation and Econometric Tools in BESU (2012); Lecture on Environmental Regulations in BRAC, Bangladesh organized by SANDEE in October 2012; Lecture on Economy & Ecology: Emergence & Decay of the East Kolkata Wetlands in GD Birla Management Institute (2013); Lectures on Econometrics with E-Views in Reserve Bank Staff College, Chennai in April 2013; Lectures on Microeconometric Methods in Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai in November 2013; Plenary lecture on Environment, Globalization, Trade and Sustainability in Utkal University, 2013; Lecture on the Pattern of Trade in Wood Products and Sustainable Forest Use in Loreto College, Kolkata (2013); Lectures on Comparing the Comparables and Propensity Score Matching in IIMC, Kolkata in 2014; Lecture on Development and Environmental Transformation in the Department of Geography, University of Calcutta (2014); On Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren in IIMC, Kolkata (2014); Lecture on Globalization and Development in Lalbaba College, Howrah (2014); 9

Lecture on Time-series Econometrics in Jadavpur University (2015); Lecture on Urban Ecology and Urban Planning in Urban Management and Planning Course in the Centre for Urban Economic Studies, CU (2015, 2016); Lecture on West Bengal Economy: Sustainable Forest Management Strategies in Jadavpur University (2016); Lecture on Quality versus Quantity in the Research Methodology of Social Sciences in Jadavpur University (2016); 15. Awards : Rank First in First Class in MA (Economics) Examination of the University of Calcutta in 1978; Awarded Graduate Research Fellowship of the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA (Fall 1985 to Spring 1989); Lasky Award of the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA for best Graduate Student in 1985-86. Lanzilotti Award of the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA for Best Second Year Paper in 1986-87. Ann Lynch Award of the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA for General Proficiency in 1987-88. President s Award of the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA for Best Graduate Student in 1988-89. World Banks Overseas Fellowship for post-doctoral research in Environmental Economics, 2001-02; UGC awarded Rajiv Gandhi Chair in Contemporary Studies for Eco-systems and Sustainable Development, 2010-12; 16. Other notable activities : Reviewed Articles, books and reports for: Environment, Development & Sustainability; Journal of Energy Efficiency; Environment and Development; Trade and Development Review; International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Indian Growth and Development Review, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Springer, Institute of Social & Economic Change, Bangalore, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, etc. Organized and coordinated a number of Workshops, Seminars and Refreshers Courses in the Department of Economics, CU, over the last 18 years; Member of Editorial Board for: Arthaniti (ISSN No. 0976-7479), Journal of Industrial Statistics (ISSN No.), Kalyani University Journal of Economics (ISSN No. ) Examined Ph.D. and M.Phil. theses for: Jawaharlal Nehru University, Benaras Hindu University, Delhi University, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, Madras School of Economics, Jadavpur University, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, Indian Statistical Institute, etc. 10 Date: April 28, 2016